multihead on pismo

[Ken Schweigert]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:18:14AM -0400, Mark T. Valites wrote:
> Interesting.  Is there anything that will do two disctinct (not
> mirrored) displays?  I'll butcher up my XF86Config file if need be.  I
> thought about something Xinerama-ish, but just don't know where to look.

I tried messing with Xinerama a few months ago (on Redhat) to get a second
monitor, but found my problems were due to a bum monitor.  It's hard to
justify buying another monitor to just play with.  Anyway, here's a URL
that I was following:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Xinerama-HOWTO.html

-ken

> I'm sure it's also a pain since I don't always have the external monitor
> hooked up too...  Any ideas?
> 
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Ken Schweigert wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:59:46 -0400
> > From: Ken Schweigert <ken@byte-productions.com>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > Subject: Re: multihead on pismo
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 07:39:26AM -0400, Daniel J. Patnaude wrote:
> > > Hi-
> > >
> > > What is the name of the program which allows me to connect
> > > display to the external VGA port. I need to connect to an
> > > lcd projector for a presentation.
> > > I am running on a powerbook pismo, with the 2.4.17 kernel.
> >
> > I think the program you're looking for is m3mirror.  You can find
> > it at http://penguinppc.org/~benh/
> >
> > I would be interested in hearing how it works for you.  Could you
> > post a follow-up after your presentation?
> >
> > > More info will be required, as needed. Do I need to rebuild
> > > my kernel to do this?
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-Ken Schweigert, Padawan Network Administrator
Byte Productions, LLC
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